Recent content by chris857

Hi guys. I always hear this certain effect on so many different albums and was wondering how it was done. For example, this effect can be heard on the Blink 182 album, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, at the transition from track 9 to track 10. The track fades out then fades in and they add some...

I have a cable that looks exactly like a 1/4" TS cable, but it says "for speakers only" labeled on it. Will this work for connecting outboard gear to mixers, line outs to audio interfaces, etc? Will it effect the sound quality? What is the difference between a speaker cable and a TS cable or TRS...

Hi guys. I use Sonar 3 Producer Edition and a Digi MBox as my audio interface. The MBox as two line outputs in the back, but when I go to choose an output for an audio track is only lists one output. I can record multiple inputs at the same time, but I would like to know how to create two output...

I know this is a basic question, but I am trying to figure out how to set up a click track with sonar 3. I use a digi MBox as my sound interface, and when I use the metronome built into Sonar it plays out of my pc speakers instead of out of the MBox. How do I make the metronome play out of the...

Hi guys. I was planning on getting the Digidesign MBox for my small project home studio to act as a analog / digital converter for Pro Tools LE. I noticed that the MBox has two mic preamps and TRS inserts as well. I don't need the preamps since I arleady have an anolog mixer. My question is, if...

How is that when I eq on Calkwalk using the parameter eq fuction and I lower a certain frequency on a track, it pops and clips at certain areas on the track. How is that even possible? If I lower the gain, wouldn't it not distort or clip?

If mixers have mic preamps already built in, then what's the purpose of a seperate pre-amp unit? Why do recording studios have them? Why not just use the one on the mixer?

Sometimes when I add effects on certain tracks or eq, it starts to get distorted and make popping sounds. I assume it is doing this because it is clipping so I decrease the decibals of the track and it still clips...I decrease it again and it still clips..I even solo the track and lower the...

Would you guys recommend compressing a signal before it gets to the recording device(8-track or whatever) while you are recording, or compressing after you have already recorded it and are mixing, or both?

What does the term "riding the faders" mean?

I have two questions that are kinda basic. What does a bass rolloff switch do on a mic (guessing it reduces bass) and what does a pop filter do?

How many buses does a alesis studio 24 mixer have, if any? What about the studio 32?

What are some descent mixers that have a direct line out for each channel (Perferabley under $1000 if possible)? Does Mackie make any that do?

This is a basic question but how do I record to multiple tracks at once? Most mixers that i have seen have only one or two main outs and is a mixture of everything going through the mixer, not each individual channel. I don't understand how people can record 8 tracks at once like when recording...

What mics would you guys recomend for micing drums (not too expersive)? Also, I want to mic the drums in stereo but I don't really know how. I want to seperate the drums into at least 3 seperate sections and put them on their own sperate tracks so I can pan them out(if there is a better way...